Each month Statistics Canada releases comprehensive data on the state of Canada’s labour markets. The Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours is based on firm-level administrative payroll data. This is distinct from the Labour Force Survey, which is another important source of labour market information.
Displays the change in payroll employment and employment rates. First, since the start of Alberta’s recession. Then compares provinces.
Growth in employment, by sector.
## # A tibble: 2 x 2
## # Groups: GEO [2]
## GEO change
## <chr> <dbl>
## 1 Alberta 0.101
## 2 Canada 0.115
## Ref_Date type value
## 1 Sep 2019 Data 1177.540
## 2 Sep 2019 Fixed Hours/OT 1201.702
## 3 Sep 2019 Fixed Sectoral Emp. 1236.922
## 4 Sep 2019 National Wage Growth 1272.302
## Ref_Date type value
## 1 Sep 2019 Data 1177.540
## 2 Sep 2019 If Wage Growth\nMatched Canada's 1211.651
Created by Trevor Tombe
ttombe@ucalgary.ca